Abbott, Jacob. McDonner; or, Truth Through Fiction. Boston: Crocker and Brewster, 1839. First Edition. [9610]
Black blindstamped cloth, 6 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches, lacks the frontispiece, 283 pp. Good. Hardcover.
A religious novel that discusses, among other thing, old school and new school theology.
Jacob Abbott (1803-1879), b. Hallowell, ME; d. Farmington, ME. He was graduated at Bowdoin College, and studied divinity at Andover. Ordained as a Congregational minister, he was professor of mathematics and natureal philosophy in Amherst College (1825-1829), founder of the Mount Vernon School for Girls (Boston), and organizer of the Eliot Church in Roxbury. In 1839 he moved to Farmington, Maine, where he devoted the rest of his life to literary labor. "A complete catalogue of his works (which are chiefly for the young) would considerably exceed 200 titles...He also edited, with additions, several historical textbooks, and compiled a series of school readers." - Appletons Encyclopedia.